Latest hot springs news
Clueless tourists burn hands in scalding thermal pools at Yellowstone
By Cat Ellis published
The NPS warns visitors not to touch hot springs or runoff
Yellowstone's mudpots are boiling hot, acidic and stinky – so why are tourists getting so close?
By Cat Ellis published
Some visitors stray of boardwalks to stand at the edge of the steaming mudpots, getting a face full of fumes
Yellowstone's Morning Glory Pool is a hotspot for vandalism – and it's changed the water
By Cat Ellis published
People have been throwing litter into the pool since the 1880s, and damage is still being done
Yellowstone tourist spotted dipping fingers in steaming, acidic, green spring (yes, really)
By Cat Ellis published
The NPS says visitors must wait patiently to see the "sulfur-lined cave and boiling green water", but this man was impatient
"Shocked onlookers" watch man edge around near-boiling Yellowstone spring
By Cat Ellis published
Two men wandered off the boardwalk at Grand Prismatic, where the water can reach 189°F
"It's really hot!" – yet another Yellowstone tourist insists on dabbling fingers in scalding spring
By Cat Ellis published
The average temperature in Silex Spring is high enough to cause severe burns within a second of contact
Yellowstone tourist narrowly avoids being being stewed in hot spring
By Cat Ellis published
Straying off the boardwalk is dangerous, and backing up without looking behind you is even more so
Attention-seeking Yellowstone tourist nearly slips into boiling pool
By Cat Ellis published
Park visitors have been killed in the park's scalding water features, but that doesn't deter everyone
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